Risa and the phone booth

Risa is an extremely independent 10-year-old who lives with her mother (Latin American music star, Cazzu) in a small town on the edge of the world. Where everything ends and something else begins. The girl discovers that a closed telephone booth allows her to talk to the dead. Each interlocutor has his own story, an unfinished business in the world of the living. Risa helps the deceased fulfill their requests, and in return she expects only one thing - a conversation with her own father. Her helpers are a slightly depressed neighbor (Diego Peretti) and a hamster.

A film full of small, tender gestures, embellished with magical realism and with the music of the Argentine rock band Babasónico in the background. “Risa and the Phone Booth” won the award for best film and best director at the Argentine festival in Mar del Plata, where it was received with a standing ovation.

Argentine director and screenwriter. His debut film Two/One premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Variety magazine called him “an undeniably talented director.” In 2016 and 2022, he was nominated for an award by the Guild of America, and also received top honors in the advertising industry, including as the creator of the Sony commercial (“Sony Balls”). Winner of the Argentine Konex Prize for Cultural Creators and the Gardela Award. For more than a decade he has been making music videos for the Argentine rock band Babasónico.